Hegseth orders pause on gender-affirming care for transgender service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming care for all active duty service members in a memo to senior Pentagon and military leaders.
Uncertainty about gender affirming care for transgender children and teenagers
After a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump since he took office, there are now many questions about the medical care transgender children and teenagers will receive…with hospitals and health care providers trying to figure out what the executive orders could mean for them and federal funding.
Pentagon orders immediate hold on gender-affirming care for transgender troops
Gender-affirming surgery is already banned in military healthcare systems but the new memo appears to target hormone therapy and other care.
Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind
Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care.
U.Va. Health’s suspension of gender affirming care draws opposition
Trump signed an executive order Jan. 28 stating that the federal government will no longer fund or support institutions which provide gender affirming care to minors.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is youth gender-affirming care ban
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is a bill from the Republican-led Legislature that would ban gender-affirming care for kids.
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third consecutive year, setting up another battle with the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature that has previously failed to overrule her on the issue.
Hospitals’ pullback on gender-affirming care a ‘pocketbook issue’
“It’s a pocketbook issue,” said Dr. Anne Miller, a physician and board chair of the New York City chapter of LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit PFLAG, formerly known as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. “The hospitals talk about how they are there to provide this care… this tells patients that they don’t matter.”
Kansas' Democratic Governor Vetoes a GOP-Backed Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Minors
The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a proposed Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors; Republicans ready for override
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Republican-led legislation Tuesday that attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a move a top GOP lawmaker called “reckless and senseless.”
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Is the bill legal?
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. That could include puberty blockers, hormone treatment or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth.
Ferndale Pride drops Corewell Health as sponsor over gender-affirming care cuts
"Since something was happening to harm our community we had to take action," Julia Music, Ferndale Pride's exeutive director ...
Georgia Senate bill would cut funding for adult gender-affirming care, but it may have cloudy future
Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults.
Minnesota hospitals still offering gender-affirming care amid federal challenges
In Minnesota, multiple hospitals confirmed that they are still offering gender-affirming care, and no hospitals in the state ...
Lurie Children’s Hospital suspends gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, following executive order
The action at Lurie comes more than a week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order taking aim at ...
Trump policies on gender-affirming care and passports for transgender people challenged in court
Three Democratic states have sued the Trump administration over its order to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care ...